Nahida Best Weapons In Genshin Impact

Nahida is a unit that can benefit from many different stats in Genshin Impact. She mostly requires Elemental Mastery, but other stats like Attack, Critical Rate, Critical Damage, and Dendro Damage Bonus are all great too.

The key to properly building Nahida is the ability to balance her stats out. Elemental Mastery is good, yes, but having too much of it is not ideal either. Finding out Nahida’s best weapon in Genshin Impact is necessary to maximize the DPS from her Elemental Skill, allowing her to shine as a Sub-DPS.

Updated on November 2, 2024, by Nahda Nabiilah: Nahida is still one of the best Dendro characters in Genshin Impact. Her ability to consistently apply Dendro while dealing so much DMG makes her a must-have for any team that needs a Dendro unit. Not only that, she’s also capable of evolving with the meta as her utility keeps proving to be useful with every new mechanic introduced to the game. For that, this guide will be updated to include more Supportive weapons for Nahida in Genshin Impact.

16 Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers

• Primary Stats: 401 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 35.2% HP
• R5 Effect: When switching characters, the new character taking the field has their ATK increased by 48% for 10s. This effect can only occur once every 20s.

Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers allows Nahida to greatly increase the next character’ ATK by 48%. It can be beneficial for a DPS who scales with ATK, but not at the cost of losing some of Nahida’s DPS and utility. Unfortunately, other than the ATK% buff, Nahida doesn’t take anything else from Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers, which makes it a niche choice for Nahida’s best weapons.

15 Favonius Codex

• Primary Stats: 510 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 45.9% Energy Recharge
• R5 Effect: CRIT hits have a 100% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 6s.

Favonius weapons in Genshin Impact can always be a good choice for Supports because of their ability to regenerate Energy for the team. While Nahida doesn’t need this extra utility since she’s operating many useful ones on her own, it’s still a good addition for her if you’re struggling to find a good Catalyst for Nahida in Genshin Impact.

14 Magic Guide

• Primary Stats: 354 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 187 Elemental Mastery
• R5 Effect: Increases DMG against opponents affected by Hydro or Electro by 24%.

Considering how good Nahida is, it’s not at all a bad idea for beginner players to get her in the early game. Since Sumeru area is not quest-locked like Inazuma, it won’t even be hard to access the required boss for Nahida’s Ascension in Genshin Impact. Magic Guide is a viable weapon for players who don’t have access to better Catalyst; it increases Elemental Mastery by a large amount while also buffing Nahida’s damage against enemies affected by Hydro or Electro, so it’s perfect for both Bloom and Quicken team comp.

13 Blackcliff Agate

• Primary Stats: 510 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 55.1% CRIT DMG
• R5 Effect: After defeating an opponent, ATK is increased by 24% for 30s. This effect has a maximum of 3 stacks, and the duration of each stack is independent of the others.

Blackcliff is always good for damage dealers in Genshin Impact because of its CRIT DMG substat and ATK bonus. However, for Nahida, this Catalyst exists mostly just for the substat. She benefits from the ATK buff, but not as much as she would with Elemental Mastery. Additionally, as a Sub-DPS, it can be hard for her to ensure the passive continuously stacks.

12 Sacrificial Fragments

• Primary Stats: 454 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 221 Elemental Mastery
• R5 Effect: After dealing damage to an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 80% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 16s.

Nahida doesn’t really need the passive of Sacrificial Fragments considering her Elemental Skill only needs five or six seconds to be available again. Meanwhile, her Tri-Karma Purification stays for up to 25 seconds. However, this Catalyst is good for its immense Elemental Mastery substat.

11 Sacrificial Jade

• Primary Stats: 454 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 36.8% Crit Rate
• R5 Effect: When not on the field for more than 5s, Max HP will be increased by 64% and Elemental Mastery will be increased by 80. These effects will be canceled after the wielder has been on the field for 10s.

Sacrificial Jade offers a decent amount of Crit Rate and Elemental Mastery for Nahida in Genshin Impact. It’s not a perfect weapon for her, but definitely a useful one. With Sacrificial Jade, you’re able to build Nahida with more Crit DMG, especially considering she also gets an extra Crit Rate from her Ascension Passive. The extra Elemental Mastery is also nice since it’s one of her Core stats in Genshin Impact.

10 Hakushin Ring

• Primary Stats: 565 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 30.6% Energy Recharge
• R5 Effect: After the character equipped with this weapon triggers an Electro elemental reaction, nearby party members of an Elemental Type involved in the elemental reaction receive a 20% Elemental DMG Bonus for their element, lasting 6s. Elemental Bonuses gained in this way cannot be stacked.

Hakushin Ring is only viable for Nahida if players are playing her in a Quicken team composition. At the cost of her personal DMG, Nahida can grant Elemental DMG buff for both Electro and Dendro characters. One thing to keep in mind is that she needs to trigger the Elemental Reaction for the passive to take effect.

9 Wandering Evenstar

• Primary Stats: 510 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 165 Elemental Mastery
• Effect: The following effect will trigger every 10s: The equipping character will gain 24% of their Elemental Mastery as bonus ATK for 12s, with nearby party members gaining 30% of this buff for the same duration. Multiple instances of this weapon can allow this buff to stack. This effect will still trigger even if the character is not on the field.

Wandering Evenstar is a weapon-banner exclusive, so getting it may be tough. At R1, the buff provided by this weapon is not too significant, but at R5, it’s a decent option. However, of course, buffing the team should not be the main purpose for this Catalyst, since 144 extra ATK for the team from 1000 Elemental Mastery (at R5) is not that high, while 480 extra ATK for the wielder is a great addition.

8 Solar Pearl

• Primary Stats: 510 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 27.6% CRIT Rate
• R5 Effect: Normal Attack hits increase Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst DMG by 40% for 6s. Likewise, Elemental Skill or Elemental Burst hits increase Normal Attack DMG by 40% for 6s.

Solar Pearl can easily buff Nahida’s Elemental Skill DMG as long as players use her Normal attacks first. At maximum refinement, this battle pass weapon can get close to a low-stacked Kagura’s Verity. Since the Spiral Abyss requires players to be as fast as possible, Solar Pearl’s performance shouldn’t be underestimated.

7 Lost Prayer To The Sacred Winds

• Primary Stats: 608 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 33.1% CRIT Rate
• Effect: Increases Movement SPD by 10%. When in battle, gain an 8% Elemental DMG Bonus every 4s. Max 4 stacks. Lasts until the character falls or leaves combat.

Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds is actually not that good for Nahida, but the fact that it is a 5-star weapon in Genshin Impact saves it from being underwhelming. The weapon’s passive is good if players are playing her actively on the field, but considering she shines better as a Sub-DPS, the passive sadly has to go to waste.

6 Skyward Atlas

• Primary Stats: 674 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 33.1% ATK
• Effect: Increases Elemental DMG Bonus by 12%. Normal Attack hits have a 50% chance to earn the favor of the clouds. which actively seek out nearby opponents to attack for 15s, dealing 160% ATK DMG. Can only occur once every 30s.

Skyward Atlas is better than Lost Prayer of Sacred Winds simply because of its passive that Nahida can fully benefit from. However, keep in mind that Skyward Atlas is terrible on Nahida if players are using her in a Quicken team comp.

5 Mappa Mare

• Primary Stats: 565 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 110 Elemental Mastery
• R5 Effect: Triggering an Elemental reaction grants a 16% Elemental DMG Bonus for 10s. Max 2 stacks.

Mappa Mare is the best F2P Forgeable weapon for Nahida in Genshin Impact. It has an Elemental Mastery substat which Nahida really benefits from, and a passive that is easy to stack as long as Nahida triggers an Elemental Reaction. But, it is important to ensure that the Catalyst is on high refinement rank. At lower refinement, Mappa Mare isn’t as competitive.

4 The Widsith

• Primary Stats: 510 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 55.1% CRIT DMG
• R5 Effect: When a character takes the field, they will gain a random theme song for 10s. This can only occur once every 30s. Recitative: ATK is increased by 120%. Aria: Increases all Elemental DMG by 96%. Interlude: Elemental Mastery is increased by 480.

It is widely known that The Widsith is one of the best Catalysts in Genshin Impact. Nahida will benefit from any of the three available buffs in the weapon’s passive, making it even more powerful than it already is.

3 Tulaytullah’s Remembrance

• Primary Stats: 674 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 44.1% CRIT DMG
• Effect: Normal Attack SPD is increased by 10%. After the wielder unleashes an Elemental Skill, Normal Attack DMG will increase by 4.8% every second for 14s. After this character hits an opponent with a Normal Attack during this duration, Normal Attack DMG will be increased by 9.6%. This increase can be triggered once every 0.3s. The maximum Normal Attack DMG increase per single duration of the overall effect is 48%. The effect will be removed when the wielder leaves the field, and using the Elemental Skill again will reset all DMG buffs.

The Dendro Archon often takes the role of the Main DPS in the team, since she’s usually the most reliable Dendro enabler. Because of this, enhancing Nahida’s Normal Attack with this Catalyst is not a poor idea. Additionally, the weapon also offers Crit DMG substat, which is great for the rest of Nahida’s kit.

2 Kagura’s Verity

• Primary Stats: 608 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 66.2% CRIT DMG
• Effect: Gains the Kagura Dance effect when using an Elemental Skill, causing the Elemental Skill DMG of the character wielding this weapon to increase by 12% for 16s. Max 3 stacks. This character will gain 12% All Elemental DMG Bonus when they possess 3 stacks.

Nahida can maximize Kagura’s Verity’s buff because its stack will refresh when a new stack is obtained, but this can only be achieved after 18 seconds, constantly switching in and out. It is good on paper, but in actual battle, Nahida likely won’t enter the field every five or six seconds, so players will need more time to maximize the weapon’s passive.

1 A Thousand Floating Dreams

• Primary Stats: 542 Base ATK
• Secondary Stats: 265 Elemental Mastery
• Effect: Party members other than the equipping character will provide the equipping character with buffs based on whether their Elemental Type is the same as the latter or not. If their Elemental Types are the same, increase Elemental Mastery by 32. If not, increase the equipping character’s DMG Bonus from their Elemental Type by 10%. Each of the aforementioned effects can have up to 3 stacks. Additionally, all nearby party members other than the equipping character will have their Elemental Mastery increased by 40. Multiple such effects from multiple such weapons can stack.

A Thousand Floating Dreams is amazing for Nahida as her best build relies on players having a balance between Elemental Mastery, Dendro DMG Bonus, and Critical stats. This Genshin Impact Catalyst grants up to a 30% Dendro DMG Bonus, preventing players from over-stacking Elemental Mastery.